147: Truth White

As Gu Qingyun's words fell.

Several terrifying auras suddenly descended.

Liu Jiangyi looked back.

He saw Grand Elder Elder Ouyang leading a group of people over.

There were five people in this group, all Elders of the Immortal Sword Sect.

Among them was Dai Liu.

"Gu Qingyun!"

Elder Ouyang was the first to scold the two of them.

"As a Disciple of my Immortal Sword Sect, you actually brought an outsider to escape prison and injured my Immortal Sword Sect's Disciple. What are your intentions!?"

Liu Jiangyi was about to get up.

Gu Qingyun, however, blocked him and said coldly, "I don't care where Liu Shan is from, I only know that he is my brother."

"I, Gu Qingyun, will protect Liu Shan. No one can take him away!"

"Presumptuous! Gu Qingyun, do you know what you're saying?"

"You are still a criminal, yet you dare to speak such wild words. Do you really think we don't dare to touch you?"

"Gu Qingyun, quickly move aside. We, in consideration of your past contributions to the Immortal Sword Sect, can forgive your past actions. Don't force us to act!"

"Hehe, so what if you act?" Gu Qingyun said disdainfully, "I, Gu Qingyun, have been cowardly enough. Today, if anyone wants to take Liu Shan, they will have to ask the sword in my hand if it agrees!"

As he spoke, a black longsword flew out from inside the house and landed directly in Gu Qingyun's hand.

He stood with his sword, like a God of War capable of fighting a hundred on his own!

"Presumptuous!"

Elder Ouyang immediately flew into a rage, drew his sword, and charged, aiming directly for Gu Qingyun's head.

"Hehe, just you?"

Gu Qingyun swung his sword, and the cultivation fluctuation of a Great Martial Saint erupted fiercely, instantly sending Elder Ouyang flying.

Pfft!

Elder Ouyang spat out fresh blood, falling to the ground with eyes full of disbelief.

"You… you still have the strength of a Great Martial Saint?"

Elder Ouyang sneered, "You are not qualified to take me down. Go and get those Grand Elders."

"Hehe, so what if he's a Great Martial Saint? His Dantian is damaged, how many times can he continuously exert his Qi?"

"Everyone, rush forward and capture this traitor!"

Elder Ouyang swallowed a Medicinal Pill for healing, then signaled everyone to attack together.

Everyone immediately drew their swords to meet the enemy.

Gu Qingyun fought one against five, yet he showed no signs of falling behind.

However, Gu Qingyun ultimately couldn't bring himself to kill. He only wanted to repel them, but they were like unkillable cockroaches, continuously attacking.

Finally!

Pfft!

Gu Qingyun spat out a mouthful of black blood, his aura suddenly plummeted, and he was struck in the chest by Elder Ouyang's palm, sending him flying backward.

His Dantian damage was too severe.

Even though he still retained the cultivation of a Great Martial Saint, if he exerted his Qi for too long, he would be severely injured due to his Dantian's overload, even without others attacking him.

Liu Jiangyi quickly went forward to support Gu Qingyun.

"Brother Gu, don't attack anymore!"

"What nonsense are you talking about?" Gu Qingyun wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, "You are my brother, Gu Qingyun. How can I just watch you be taken away by them?"

"As long as I don't die today, none of them will take you away!"

With that, he staggered to his feet, looked at Dai Liu and the others, and said, "You blind people!"

"Brother Liu has already obtained a great Opportunity in the Immortal Sword Sect, why would he need to steal an enlightenment stone?"

"That enlightenment stone only serves to help with Breakthrough. If Brother Liu truly needed it, couldn't he just borrow it from the Immortal Sword Sect?"

"All of this is Elder Ouyang's trick. He coveted the Magic Treasure on Brother Liu that can store spiritual pool water, which is why he framed him like this."

"Are all of you muddled with age?"

At these words, Dai Liu and the others were indeed stunned.

At this point, they actually already had doubts in their hearts.

Although the enlightenment stone was priceless, its effect on an individual was ultimately limited.

There were treasures in the Treasure Pavilion that would be more beneficial to him, so why would he not steal something else, but specifically steal the enlightenment stone?

Just as Gu Qingyun said.

If he really wanted to use it, the Immortal Sword Sect wouldn't refuse to lend it.

After all, an enlightenment stone doesn't disappear after use.

Besides that.

A Human-faced Worm is not something an ordinary person can withstand.

Is Liu Jiangyi really a petty thief? Could he have such tough bones?

All these things made them feel that there was something strange about this matter.

Now that even Gu Qingyun said so, they had even more reason to be suspicious.

Seeing that everyone had doubts.

Elder Ouyang immediately became furious with shame.

He angrily retorted, "Nonsense! This is simply nonsense!"

"The enlightenment stone is priceless. Even if he doesn't use it himself, can't he sell it?"

"Moreover, he indeed has the aura of an enlightenment stone on him. If he wasn't in close contact with an enlightenment stone, how would he have this aura?"

Hearing this, everyone nodded again.

That's right!

If it wasn't for close contact with the enlightenment stone, such a strong aura would indeed be impossible.

This cannot be faked.

"Hehe, do you think I would believe Brother Liu for no reason?"

Gu Qingyun pointed to the peak of the front mountain and said, "When the Sect Master wanted to absorb the spirit pearl back then, I personally dug out the spirit pearl and delivered it to the Sect Master."

"At that time, I was curious why the aura of this spirit pearl felt somewhat familiar. It was only when I later used the enlightenment stone for Breakthrough that I suddenly realized that the aura of that spirit pearl was exactly the same as the enlightenment stone!"

"Afterwards, I went back to look through ancient texts and discovered that the origin of the Immortal Sword Sect's enlightenment stone was precisely a top-grade jade stone that had been soaked in a spiritual pool for ten thousand years and evolved."

"So the aura on Brother Liu is not the aura of the enlightenment stone at all, but the aura of the spirit pearl!"

As he spoke, everyone around suddenly understood!

"Damn it! It really seems to be true!"

"That's right, the last time I went to soak in the spiritual spring, I also felt that the aura seemed very similar to something, but I couldn't remember what. Now that Gu Qingyun says it, it really is exactly the same as the aura of the enlightenment stone!"

"If that's the case, then we really did misunderstand Liu Shan!"

"Nonsense! Again, nonsense!"

Elder Ouyang panicked and argued again, "These are all coincidences. This absolutely cannot prove that the enlightenment stone was not stolen by Liu Shan!"

"You should know that a Disciple personally witnessed Liu Shan stealing the enlightenment stone. Can that be false?"

"Would a Disciple dare to speak the truth under your Grand Elder's pressure?"

Gu Qingyun sneered, "Moreover, all the Disciples who saw it have already died. Everything we know now is what you yourself said. Why should we necessarily believe you, just because you are the Grand Elder?"

"Well, I was once the Immortal Sword Sect's number one person, so aren't my words credible?"

"You say this doesn't prove Brother Liu didn't steal it, which is true, but what you say also doesn't prove that Brother Liu did steal the enlightenment stone!"

"Furthermore, you subjected Brother Liu to severe torture. What was the result? Did you get the answer you wanted?"

"You! You, you, you!" Elder Ouyang was speechless, having been rebutted.

His face flushed red, and his mind raced, frantically trying to think of a way to respond.

In fact, he had long known that the aura of the spirit pearl was the same as the enlightenment stone.

Otherwise, how could he have, among so many treasures, coincidentally chosen to use the enlightenment stone to frame Liu Jiangyi?